Newman earns North Sound Conference MVP honor / Boys basketball

The North Sound Conference selected South Whidbey High School senior Kody Newman as the Player of the Year in boys basketball.

It is the second consecutive year a Falcon won the conference’s top honor. Last winter, Lewis Pope was co-Most Valuable Player of the Cascade Conference in the league’s final year of existence. Newman was a first-team, all-league selection in 2018.

Newman, like Pope, also broke the 1,000-point barrier in career points on the way to collecting the MVP award.

Three other Falcons received North Sound Conference honors. Juniors Carson Wrightson and Levi Buck were both named to the all-league second team, and junior Dexter Jokinen was honorable mention.

Wrightson earned the honor despite missing the second half of the league season with an injury.

South Whidbey head coach Mike Washington distributed letter and team honors at the Falcons’ team banquet Friday.